MEET YOUR NEW DRUMMER

The world’s most intuitive drum production tool for songwriters!

EZdrummer 2 takes drum production to a whole new level. It was designed to erase any technical barrier between you and your creativity and introduces several groundbreaking features for quick and easy songwriting. In EZdrummer 2, you can go from initial rhythmic idea to finished, mixed and customized drum track without ever leaving the program. This is without a doubt the best sounding, most intuitive and creatively gratifying software environment for drum production on the market – a perfect marriage of sound, form and function.

Welcome to a new era of drum production for songwriters. Meet your new drummer!

EZdrummer 2: From idea to finished track

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

Tap to find your groove

Add percussion on the fly

Customize any groove in real-time

Write an entire drum track without leaving the program

Two sound libraries with five (5) kits in total

Powerful audio engine

CREATE YOUR DRUM TRACKS EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE.

FIND & GET YOUR GROOVE DOWN

EZdrummer 2 introduces several features when working with MIDI drum grooves. Tap or record your rhythm to find a matching groove, search by filters or browse the traditional way in the conveniently laid out MIDI browser.

TURN IT INTO A SONG

Go from initial rhythmic idea to full track! Drag and drop drum parts to build your own track directly in the program – or let EZdrummer 2 do it for you! If you drop a groove in the Song Creator, it will list all files with a similar feel and style. It will also let you lay out a complete track using included or user created song templates.

TALK TO YOUR DRUMMER

For the first time ever in a drum software setting, you can now “communicate” with your drummer. Use the Power Hand to instantaneously change the leading instrument or the Amount or Velocity knobs to control the complexity and velocity in your selected groove – while it’s playing!

EMBELLISH YOUR SOUND

Done with your track? EZdrummer 2 has a wide selection of ready- made, user controllable effect chain presets to ensure that the final mix sounds exactly right for your song.

THE SOUNDS.

The five (5) complete kits and additional instrument choices included in EZdrummer 2are divided over two separate sound libraries – one Modern setup and one Vintage setup.

THE PRESETS.

EZdrummer 2 has a completely new mixer and collection of effect chain presets, both for the modern and the vintage setup. The effect engine is based around the numerous quality effects in Toontrack’s widely acclaimed EZmix 2. Each setting includes a back-end of various effect chains including the likes of compressors, reverbs, delays and EQs. With settings covering anything from classic rock to disco and modern metal, you can instantly call up a starting point for your song and, if you so choose, continue to customize it into something completely new with each setting’s unique set of parameters.

THE STUDIO SOUND.

The drums for EZdrummer 2 were recorded at one of the most meticulously built recording facilities in the world; Mark Knopfler’s British Grove Studios in London, England. Combining some of the most sought-after and rare vintage consoles, outboard effects and microphones with the best of the best in state of the art recording technology, the studio serves as a perfect combination of how old and new can come together in perfect harmony.

THE ROOM.

The main recording room at the British Grove Studios is large, ambient and perfectly crafted for drum production. The high ceiling, the dense walls and carefully designed diffusers produce a natural and sonically balanced reverb that allow the drums to be loud and present in your mix without ever taking over.

THE ENGINEER.

The sounds were recorded by a true industry great; the multi award-winning Chuck Ainlay. Having engineered in excess of 200 albums, worked with some of the world’s biggest recording artists of all time and been involved in numerous gold or multi-platinum releases, his track record speaks for itself. Some of the most notable collaborations in Chuck’s impressive career include Willie Nelson, Dixie Chicks, Dire Straits and Travis Tritt. To name a few.

THE VIEWS OF EZDRUMMER 2.

Deep functionality shouldn’t be intimidating, rather inviting and inspiring. That’s why a massive amount of work went into making sure EZdrummer 2 got the most intuitive user interface yet for any software of its kind.

DRUMS

GROOVE BROWSER

SEARCH GROOVES

EDIT PLAYSTYLE

MIXER

TWO SETUPS. FIVE KITS. PERCUSSION.

EZdrummer 2 comes loaded with a modern setup, a vintage setupand a percussion library featuring the most traditional pieces for classic songwriting.

THE MODERN SETUP.

The modern library includes drum selections from DW, Gretsch, Yamaha, Ludwig, Sonor, Tama and Brady, all recorded through Neve 88R and EMI TG12345 consoles as well as various chains of vintage and modern outboard.

THE VINTAGE SETUP.

The vintage library is based around two classic Ludwig kits and recorded through an extremely rare REDD.51 console. In fact, the example in British Grove Studios’ possession is the only known available in the world.

THE PERCUSSION.

The percussion library is grouped in three categories: one shots, shakers and tambourine with selections of cowbell, snaps, claps, maracas and tambourine.

TAMBURINE

SNAPS

MULTIPLE SNAPS

SHAKER

MARACAS

HAND CLAPS

With the intuitive controls in EZdrummer 2, a perfect percussion beat is literally just a mouse-click away. If you activate a percussion pad, it will instantaneously add a fitting pattern to the groove you are currently working on.

To ensure unparalleled realism and dynamics, each instrument was multi-sampled and processed in different tempos, preserving the subtle nuances of the pre-hits essential in making especially shakers and tambourines come to life.

THE DRUMMERS.

Great sound will get you far, but you can’t base a drum track on sound alone. You need the drummer – the groove, the feel and the human touch. Ensuring that all these pivotal traits were ready at a mouse-click away, all the grooves in the EZdrummer 2 MIDI library were performed on e-drum kits by session drummers before conveniently organized in song structure parts. The material covers a wide range of styles, tempos and feels. With the revolutionary functionality in EZdrummer 2, your songs will never go without a perfect, personalized groove again.

EZX SOUND EXPANSION LIBRARIES.

What’s YOUR sound?

The ever-growing selection of sound library expansions for EZdrummer and EZdrummer 2 offer meticulously recorded, mix-ready drums for a wide range of styles. All engineered by top names and recorded in some of the world’s finest acoustic environments. Whether it’s

extreme metal or subtle jazz, organic, electronic, classic, modern or just something as odd as a hubcap, we have it. If not, we’re on our way.

Welcome to possibly the single largest vault of drum sounds known to man. Enter!

AMERICANA EZX

CLAUSTROPHOBIC EZX

DFH EZX

ELECTRONIC EZX

FUNKMASTERS EZX

INDIE FOLK EZX

JAZZ EZX

LATIN PERCUSSION EZX

METAL MACHINE EZX

METAL! EZX

METALHEADS EZX

NASHVILLE EZX

NUMBER 1 HITS EZX

POP! EZX

ROCK SOLID EZX

ROCK! EZX

THE BLUES EZX

THE CLASSIC EZX

TWISTED KIT EZX

VINTAGE ROCK EZX

DRUM MIDI EXPANSIONS.

A great groove is the heartbeat of your song.

From extreme metal, jazz and americana to blues, pop and rock – the MIDI Line offers pro-played drum MIDI for any songwriting need.